The Confession Booth responses are in! This month's theme was I Meant to Say. I wrote something about depression and honesty, and included other folks' beautiful essays below.

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A couple of weeks ago, my kid Scout got sick. “I’m sorry you’re sick,” my mom said to her, but Scout wasn’t having any of it. “Oh,” she said, “I wish I was sick more often!” When my mom asked her why, she said: “For attention, of course!”

I can relate. In second grade, I probably missed a good third of the school year because of some malady or another.

New year, new me: I have my first-ever personal essay up on Narratively! It's a meditation on anger, loneliness, pregnancy and abandonment, and it definitely involves Greek Fury costumes. Read it here.

Hey you! Over there! Have you signed up for my Tiny Letter yet? A Tiny Letter is an email newsletter made by me, especially for you. Mine's called Confession Booth. Every month, I send out a question for you to ponder and answer. You send your answer back, and I create a curated newsletter of people's confessions, with a little bonus essay on the theme by yours truly. Think of it as free therapy, without the pesky HIPPA protections! Intrigued? Sign up at https://tinyletter.com/ashsan82.